Newsletter No. 6 – Friday, 8th October 2010
Dear parents, pupils and governors,
Do You Really Need a Paper Newsletter?
Many of you will be aware that the weekly newsletter is put on our
website every Friday. In order to save paper and avoid letters going
astray, we would like as many families as possible to opt for not being
sent a paper letter. Please could you complete and return the reply slip
below to let us know your wishes.
We sometimes attach circulars to the letter, these would continue to be
sent home by ‘pupil post’ and we would indicate on the letter if anything
extra was being sent home.
Our website is: www.singleton.w-sussex.sch.uk
Please Use Email If You Can
Some parents already use email to correspond to us (e.g. notes about
absence, etc.) - please feel welcome to do so instead of returning reply
slips.
If you would like us to correspond to you, please write your email address
on the reply slip, or email us and tell us!
The email address is: office@singleton.w-sussex.sch.uk
Choir Performing in the Cathedral
Next Friday 15th October, our school choir will be taking part in a special
service in Chichester Cathedral. The service starts at 1.00pm and parents
are invited to attend and take children home afterwards. Please confirm
on the reply slip that you will be attending.
The children will be travelling to the cathedral in the morning in cars.
They will have a rehearsal and will have their packed lunch there. (If your
child has school dinners, please cancel the meal for that day.)
Lost Uniforms
Nearly every day, we have parents asking us about missing items of
uniform. We have a box of items in the office, many of which are not
named. Please remember to name uniform so that it can be returned to its
owners.
Walk to School Week
Next week is International Walk to School Week: during the week all
schools are encouraged to promote sustainable methods of travelling to
and from school. All the children watched a presentation in assembly
about this on Wednesday when they were reminded about environmentally
friendly ways of travelling.
Our school travel plan working party attended the assembly and is keen to
support our endeavours.
Next week especially, please can all parents try to help children by
encouraging them to walk all the way to school or part of the way. Even if
you live outside the village, the car can be parked a short walk away from
the school. We would like to encourage drivers to park in The Leys (or
further away) rather than the layby, leaving the layby for parents of
babies and toddlers.
As well as encouraging walking, it will also be much safer by avoiding
unsafe practices such as turning in the layby or gates and obstructing the
gates.
Some of our governors will be available to monitor the impact of walk to
school week.
Governors
Not all parents may be aware of who our governors are. For your
information, they are:
Chair of Governors: Mr Malcolm Scott.
Vice Chair/ Foundation Governor: Mr Geoffrey Morris.
Parent Governors: Mrs Emma Main, Mr Andrew Bradshaw, Mrs Tania Pons
and Mr Nick Conway.
Community Governors: Mrs Elaine Kelly, and Mrs Andi Wilson.
Local Authority Governors: Mrs Jan Elliott and Mrs Malcolm Scott.
Ex-officio Governor: Rev Richard Woods.
Mrs Marion Barker
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Choir Visit to the Cathedral
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Wednesday 6th October 2010
I visited the school this morning to review the parking issues.
Unfortunately it was raining which probably did not give me a true
picture.
Nevertheless, I have again witnessed vehicles turning in the road and just
pulling out in front of other vehicles and stopping in the middle of the
road to drop off children. I also saw a parent blocking the school
entrance to drop a child and mother, then turning the vehicle and
switching off the engine, partly obstructing the school entrance. In all
cases there was space in the layby.
Please consider the safety and welfare of the children as it is paramount.
Malcolm Scott
Chair of Governors